Undergraduate student information

MAJOR INENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURAL ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT (ECEM)

The aim of the ECEM Program is to produce innovative industry leaders who understand the convergence of media, information technology and culture within the local and global contexts. A major focus of the programme is entrepreneurial development and innovation.

The major consists of 42 credits of compulsory core courses (indicated in bold), 36 elective credits, 6 credits of Foundation Courses and 6 credits of English Language courses.

[Students who do not have at least a CSEC pass in a Foreign Language will be required to take a 3-credit foreign language course as one of their electives]

** Internship has been changed from the summer semester of level/year to summer semester of level/year 3. Students who wish to take
the internship in a different semester must speak to the Internship Coordinator.

Recommended Electives

Level 1MUSC1100 Music in World Cultures
CLTR1005 Material Culture and Identity in the CaribbeanCLTR1803 Introduction to Cultural and Creative Industries

Level IICLTR2018/AR20R Introduction to Caribbean Folk PhilosophyCLTR2501/AR25A Caribbean Cultural StudiesCLTR2506/AR25F Caribbean Films and their FictionsCLTR2518/AR25R The Culture of RastafariCLTR2524/AR25X African Religious Retentions in the Caribbean StudiesCLTR2519/AR25S Deconstructing the Culture of Sports
CLTR2803 Cultural and Creative Industries in the Caribbean
LITS2806 Reggae Films: Screening the Caribbean MUSC2001 Popular Musics of the CaribbeanMUSC2200 A History of Jazz and the Blues
AR20X Modern Ethiopianism: Theory and Practice

The Minor is intended to offer students access to a developing body of knowledge about Cultural and Creative Industries locally, regionally and internationally, and prepare them for work and research in this field. Its main objectives include:

Conceptualize the cultural and creative industries as a branch of knowledge that is relevant to local and regional life and processes.

Introduce students to the cultural and creative industries as a viable field of study and research

The minor requires15 credits from the following specific courses at levels two and three:

LEVEL I

CLTR1803 Introduction to Cultural and Creative

Industries OR

CLTR1001 Introduction to the Study of Culture

LEVEL II

CLTR2803 Cultural and Creative Industries in the Caribbean (COMPULSORY)

CLTR3903 Research Methods for Cultural and Creative Industries (COMPULSORY)

CLTR3516 Performing Culture: Dancehall as Ritual and Spectacle

MINOR IN REGGAE STUDIES

The ICS offers a minor in Reggae Studies in collaboration with the Departments of Literatures in English, Government and Sociology, Psychology and Social Work. The Minor is intended to offer students access to a developing body of knowledge about Reggae, dancehall and Jamaican popular music and has the following as its main objectives:

Contextualise Jamaican popular music as a branch of knowledge that holds themes and theories that speak to the processes of life in Jamaica and the diaspora;

Demonstrate the interrelatedness of Jamaican popular music with the pulse of Jamaican life;

Introduce students to the underlying and driving themes of Reggae/Jamaican popular music in a global environment;

Conceptualise the contribution of Reggae and Jamaican popular music;

Deepen understanding of methods for Caribbean cultural inquiry, especially as it relates to grounded research.

This minor provides students with a comprehensive introduction to Cultural Studies, a discipline that is interested in all forms of culture, from Bob Marley to punk rock, Salvadore Dali to Ras Dizzy, Nicolas Guillén to Isabel Allende, Sex and the City to Roots. The minor encourages students to define culture in its broadest sense, including issues ranging from the psychological to the global, past to present, elite to popular, everyday life to the city, and consumption to production. Once culture is approached in this way, students are made aware that it is dynamic and politically charged, and they will acquire greater appreciation of its significance, both in their everyday lives and as an academic discipline.

The Institute offers a Minor in Film Studies in collaboration with the Department of Literatures in English and the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Selections may be made from the following courses:

Fill out a student query form at the ICS office and also request the minor online. The minor consist of 18 credits (6 COURSES) 3 compulsory and 3 others.LEVEL 1(Semester 2)*CLTR1001 Introduction to the Study of Culture (COMPULSORY)

LEVEL 2(Semester 1)CLTR2505 Entertainment, Media and Culture*CLTR2705 Music Business Management (COMPULSORY)MUSC2001 Popular Musics of the Caribbean

(Semester 2)*CLTR2605 Producing Culture: Music, Events and Festivals (COMPULSORY)MUSC2200 A History of Jazz and the Blues

Level 3(Semester 2)CLTR3507 Culture, Gender & Sexuality in Caribbean Popular MusicCLTR3905 Caribbean Fashion: Theory, Development and IndustryMUSC3300 Bob Marley and His Music

CULTURAL STUDIES COURSES FOR THE BA in LIBERAL STUDIES

Students pursuing a Liberal Studies Major may select Cultural Studies courses as follows: